The break was reported just before 8 p.m. Monday at Holabird Avenue and South Clinton Street north of Interstate 95 and the Fort McHenry Tunnel. DPW officials said the break was in an 80-year-old 36-inch line that was made of cast iron.

City DPW officials said the break disrupted water service to parts of Cherry Hill, Brooklyn, Canton and the 21226, 21224, 21205, 21220 ZIP codes.

Water has since been restored to folks who lost it, but officials said the main issue at hand is to refill the Curtis Bay Holding Tank, which drained because of the break. DPW is asking residents to continue voluntarily conserving water over the next 24 to 48 hours.

"So, conservation is still encouraged in ZIP codes 21224-27. By conserving, that helps us replenish the tank," DPW spokesman Kurt Kocher said.

In the meantime, if residents have discolored water, they're being told to let their water run until it turns a normal color. If you're still having water pressure issues, call 311 so the city can remedy those problems.

Another main break disrupts south Baltimore service

Around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, DPW reported a 10-inch water main break in the 400 block of East Randall Street in Federal Hill and on Battery Avenue in south Baltimore. DPW officials said the outage has affected 165 homes and continues to be a problem Wednesday morning.

The Baltimore Heliport and Marine Max said they lost a lot of equipment and spent much of the day Tuesday assessing the damage and voicing frustrations.

"It was just cascading its way into the marina. Marine Max flooded out, helicopters flooded, so it was a mess," said Chris Serdenes of the Baltimore Heliport. "The city's infrastructure is definitely having some issues, and this is evidence of it, so we hope that crews fix it and we'll be back up and running soon."

DPW said the damaged pipe was a transmission line, which moves water from one location to another, and neighborhoods feed off it. By Tuesday afternoon, crews had rerouted water to the various affected neighborhoods.

DPW officials could not give a timeframe as to when the line would be completely repaired.

FROM CLINTON STREET WHERE THE WORK IS GOING ON. WHAT IS THE LATEST THERE? THE GOOD NEWS HERE IN TEL AVIV BALTIMORE IS THAT WATER HAS BEEN RESTORED -- THE GOOD NEWS HERE IN SOUTHEAST BALTIMORE IS THAT WATER HAS BEEN RESTORED. GOING ON RIGHT NOW, CONSTRUCTION CREWS ARE BUSY DIGGING OUT A HOLE BEHIND THIS DUMP TRUCK HERE AND PUMPING OUT WATER TO CLEAR A WAY TO FIX THE PLY. WAS A 36-INCH MAIN THAT WAS MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD. THIS WAS THE SCENE IN SOUTHEAST BALTIMORE MONDAY NIGHT AT AROUND 8:00. THE AFTERMATH OF A 36-INCH WATER MAIN BURST IN, LEAVING STANDING WATER AT ABOUT WAIST HIGH AT SOME SPOTS, DISRUPTING WATER SERVICE TO THOUSANDS OF BALTIMORE RESIDENTS OVER NIGHT. IT WAS JUST CASCADING ITS WAY INTO THE MARINA. THE HELIPORT GOT FLOODED OUT. IT WAS A MESS. AT THE BALTIMORE HELIPORT THEY LOST A LOT OF EQUIPMENT, AND TUESDAY SPENT MUCH OF THE DAY ASSESSING THE DAMAGE INVOICING FRUSTRATIONS. THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS DEFINITELY HAVING SOME ISSUES AND THIS IS EVIDENCE OF IT. WE HOPE THE CREWS WILL BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND GET THIS THING FIXED AND WE WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING SOON. PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS SAID THE DAMAGED PIPE WAS AN 80-YEAR- OLD CAST-IRON TRANSMISSION LINE THAT MOVES WATER FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER AND NEIGHBORHOODS FEED OFF OF. AS ALWAYS WE HAVE THAT ISOLATED AND THE WATER DISTRIBUTED AROUND THAT BREAK, PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE WATER SERVICE BACK. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, CREWS HAD REROUTED WATER TO THE VARIOUS AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW THE MAIN ISSUE IS TO REFILL THE HOLDING TANK WHICH DRAIN BECAUSE OF THE BREAK, SO PUBLIC- WORKS IS ASKING RESIDENTS TO VOLUNTARILY CONSERVE WATER OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS. CONSERVATION IS STILL ENCOURAGED IN 21224, 25, 26, 27. BOTKIN SERVING, THAT HELPS US REPLENISHED THE TANK. -- BIKE AND SERVING, THAT HELPS REPLENISH THE TANK. PUBLIC WORKS OFFICIALS COULD NOT GIVE AN EXACT TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN THE PIPE WOULD BE FIXED, BUT ANYONE THAT IS HAVING WATER